What of these?

Q:My Windows folder is full of these things called”$NtUninstallQ…etc”. There’s a whole bunch of them! Are they OK to delete?

A:This should only happen to you Win XP users out there. When you install a patch or update, Windows makes a directory for files you’ll need if you decide to uninstall the update/patch. In other words, it’s an escape hatch in case their update messes up your system (yet another confidence booster from Uncle Bill).

Do you really need these files? Probably not. I had 184 files taking up 33MB of space!

You better believe I deleted them. If you want to get rid of them on your computer, it’s pretty easy.

Go to My Computer / C: / Windows and they should be there (probably in blue). If you don’t see them, you need to have hidden files displayed (in a folder go to Tools / Folder Options and make sure the radio button for “Show hidden files and folders” is selected. If not, choose it then click the “Apply to all folders” button.)

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